2016 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
2016 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 13–29, 2016 | ||||
Teams | 26 | ||||
Finals site | Talen Energy Stadium Chester, PA | ||||
Champions | North Carolina (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Maryland (19th title game) | ||||
MOP | Aly Messinger, North Carolina | ||||
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The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 35th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at Talen Energy Stadium (the home of Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 27–29, 2016.[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 13–22.
Tournament field
All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 26 teams were invited to participate. 13 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 13 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.
Teams
Seed | School | Conference | Berth type | RPI[2] | Record |
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1 | Maryland | Big Ten | Automatic | 1 | 19–0 |
2 | Florida | Big East | Automatic | 3 | 18–1 |
3 | North Carolina | ACC | Automatic | 2 | 16–2 |
4 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 4 | 17–5 |
5 | USC | MPSF | Automatic | 6 | 19–0 |
6 | Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 7 | 13–6 |
7 | Penn | Ivy | At-large | 8 | 13–4 |
8 | Cornell | Ivy | Automatic | 12 | 13–4 |
Boston College | ACC | At-large | 20 | 10–8 | |
Canisus | MAAC | Automatic | 33 | 13–6 | |
Duke | ACC | At-large | 18 | 10–8 | |
James Madison | CAA | At-large | 22 | 10–9 | |
Johns Hopkins | Independent | At-large | 24 | 10–7 | |
Louisville | ACC | At-large | 16 | 12–5 | |
Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 14 | 14–5 | |
Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 19 | 18–1 | |
Northwestern | Big Ten | At-large | 10 | 10–9 | |
Old Dominion | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 35 | 16–3 | |
Penn State | Big Ten | At-large | 15 | 11–6 | |
Princeton | Ivy | At-large | 9 | 11–5 | |
Stanford | MPSF | At-large | 13 | 14–4 | |
Stony Brook | America East | Automatic | 11 | 16–3 | |
Towson | CAA | Automatic | 5 | 15–3 | |
Virginia | ACC | At-large | 17 | 9–8 | |
Wagner | NEC | Automatic | 58 | 10–8 | |
Winthrop | Big South | Automatic | 25 | 20–2 |
Bracket
First Round May 13 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round May 15 Regional Campus Sites | Quarterfinals May 21–22 Campus Sites | Semifinals May 27 Talen Energy Stadium | Final May 29 Talen Energy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 13^ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cornell | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cornell* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | USC* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | USC | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse* | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Notre Dame | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Notre Dame* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn state | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn* | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Florida* | 13 |
See also
- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
- 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
References
- ^ "2016 Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "WLAX Nitty Gritty" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.